L'Assommoir

The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

Book review Maxine 2009

The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

PETRONA Maxine 2009

The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

Ice Cold, by Andrea Maria Schenkel Maxine 2009

For instance, L'Assommoir The Drinking Den features a wash-house brawl between Gervaise and Virginie with some slapstick moments -- including what might be literature's most memorable spanking.

Dave Astor: Serious Novelists Are Sometimes Surprisingly Funny Dave Astor 2012

The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

June 2009 Maxine 2009

The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

Books Maxine 2009

The atmosphere of working class Munich is well-conveyed, reminding me of L'Assommoir and Nana in Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, which explored poverty and squalor in Paris 50 years before the events of ICE COLD.

Ice Cold, by Andrea Maria Schenkel Maxine 2009

For instance, L'Assommoir The Drinking Den features a wash-house brawl between Gervaise and Virginie with some slapstick moments -- including what might be literature's most memorable spanking.

Dave Astor: Serious Novelists Are Sometimes Surprisingly Funny Dave Astor 2012

I'm still stocking up on classics, more Zolas because I am a born-again Zola-ite, L'Assommoir and The Kill and I plumped for a Balzac as I have never read any, Cousin Bette looked accessible, we'll see whether I become a Balzac-ite too.

52 entries from February 2007 2007

I'm still stocking up on classics, more Zolas because I am a born-again Zola-ite, L'Assommoir and The Kill and I plumped for a Balzac as I have never read any, Cousin Bette looked accessible, we'll see whether I become a Balzac-ite too.

Sunday Confessions 2007